Trunk.



PATEN'IED .TUNE 9, 1'908;

TRUNK.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 1a. 1907.

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w/TNESSES /N VEN TOR W1; s LEY G WINAN 5 WML-Zi A TTOHNEYS PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908.

/.N VEN TOR WESLEY G-.WINANS By Lc-am A T'TOHNE ys or sections B which vided for eng termediate section, and

WESLEY GEORGE WINANS, 0F SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

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To all 'wh'omit may' concern:

-Be it known that I, WESLEY G. vWINANs, a 'citizen of theA United States, Vand a resident of Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of VVashin ton, have invented certain new and useful mprovements in Trunks, of which the following is a. specification.

My invention is an improvement in trunks, and consists in .certain novel constructions and combinations .of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a trunk embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is 'a' vertice crosssection thereof. Fig. 4 is a detail perspectiveview ofthe in` Fig. 5. is a perspective view illustrating one of the fastening devices of which I employ one in each of the four corners of eachsection'of the trunk.

In carr ing out m. invention I make my trunk wit its body ormed. in sections separable from each other so the several sections may be fastened securely together by fastening devices,l as presentlyr described, andl thesections may be removed or others inserted in order to'make the-trunk larger or smaller as the occasion may demand by simply adding or removing one or more sections of the trunk. 'As shown, the trunk'comprises the bottom section `A' the intermediate section may bevalike in construc- .tion and the topsection C, the latter having the iid cl which may be locked in. the ordi. narymanner. Each of said sections A, B, and C has a tray D andthe several trays may be alike an'd may re'st u on the studs F'pro- 4agement bly the' hooks F of the A'intermediate fastenings, Vor .theltrays may be lowerl ends of the next u otherwise supported 1n their respective sections, as deslred, tray-supporting cleats bein shown in.Fig. 2. l. fhe bottom and intermediate sections are provided at their upper open ends with slats '.and B which roject abovetheir respective sections and orm'socketed seats for the per sections so the sections which are in the be telescoped together at.their meetinu en s: These s ats may be reinforced 'am strengthened, as shown, and the trunk may be finished on its outer side in any suitable manner, preferably to presentthe conventional ap earanc'e of a trunk as will be de aired in-t e practi Y, l use of the invention.

In connecting the several sections, I may Specification of Letters Patent. Application 'and June 1s, 1am. serial N. 319,530.

latch ,en airing the ot .for holdigbthe same orm of open frames I Patented June 9., l1908.

use' intermediate fastenings comprising the Ahooks F and the studs F, as shown in Fig'. 2 between the several corners of the trunk. and preferably I employ inthe several corners the fastenings illustrated inl Fig. 5 and preferably supported, as shown in Fig. 3, on the ends of the trunk adjacent; to the joints thereof with the front and sides of the trunk. These fastenings include levers G pivoted between their ends at G and having their lonver arms fastened in raised osition by late-hes H which may be turnuttons, as shown,- or other suitable form" of latches. Bolts I are pivoted at their lower ends to the shorter arms of the levers G, and are branched .at their upper ends at I to engage with hook shape seatsJ on the, next upper section, so that when the fastenin s are 1n the position shown in Fig. 3 they w l secure the sections together butmay be readily released by free'- ing thelatches H and adjusting the bolt out l of engagement with the seats of then'ext upper sections, as will be understood by' 3 and 5 ofthe drawings.4 rdinary trunks,it is necessay to provide trunks of different sizes for di erent vpu oses. By my improvement any number of sections may be em loyed and the intermediate sections supp 'ed as necessary, or the top and bottom sections ma be united directly when a small trunk is esired.

I'claim-4 I 1. A trunk substantially as herein described, havin its body comprising a pluralit of detao able sections fitting together c om ined with fastenin -for connecting the sections together said astenings being arranged within the body and consisting each of a lever pivoted between its ends to one .of -the sections, a hook-like seat o'n the other reference'to Figs. In the ,use o o section, a -bolt connected with one arm of the lever and branched for engagement with the hook-like seat of the ad'oining section, and a 1er arm of the lever in position with the branches of the bolt'engagmg with the hooklike seat, and inter'nediate fastenings consisting ofhooks on one section and studs for engagement therewith on. the adjoini section of the trunk, substantially as set orth.

2. A trunkhaving its body consisting lof detachable sections fitted Atogether and fast'enings within the body and comprising each a lever pivoted to one of the seotins, said lever lying along the inner side 'of its supporting section and. swingingon its pivot in e seat of the adjoining section, substantially es plane peallelhwithdtlhe fece thereof, bot set forth. connecte wlt sal ever, e seat on t e a T w 'Dining section for engagement bysaid bolt for WESLE GEORGE WINANS' 5 locking the sections together, and a latch en- Witnesses:

a ed with the lever for holding the same in E. H. BELDEN,V oc. ed position with its bolt engaged with the E. B. DAvIEs. 

